cooling time

cooling time
A relative term, as it applies to a period for reflection between the provoking act or circumstance and the infliction of the fatal stroke by one charged therefor with homicide, depending for its meaning upon the nature of man and the laws of the human mind, as well as art the nature and circumstances of the provocation, the extent to which the passions have been aroused, and the nature of the act causing the provocation. 26 Am J1st Homi § 24; a familiar expression in labor cases, meaning a period provided by statute or collective labor agreements during which differences between labor and management may be composed. 31 Am J Rev ed Lab §§ 392, 510; a period provided by law, otherwise known as a "waiting period," between the commencement of an action for divorce and the trial of the case. 24 Am J2d Div & S § 331.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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